Where does “originlessness” come from?

originlessness (English) comes from English originless, from English origin, from Middle English origine, from Old French origine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.

originlessness (English): Lack of an origin

Definitions

  1. Lack of an origin

Ancestry of “originlessness”, step by step

originlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English originless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoriginlessWithout an origin
2EnglishoriginThe beginning of something; The source of a...
3Middle EnglishorigineAlternative form of origyne
4Old Frenchorigine
5Latinorīgōcommencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination
6Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
7Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Italic agō